Happy New Year, everyone!
People tell me I should be making resolutions.
Why? Aren’t most resolutions broken within days/hours/minutes? Why would I want to set myself up for failure?
Still, in the interest of going along with the herd, here are a few of my resolutions.
- I resolve to write more this year. I resolve to finish what I write, including projects that have been back-burnered and new projects.
- I resolve to put something up for sale before the year is over. In other words, I resolve to start self-publishing.
- I resolve to read more. I resolve to read what I want when I want.
- I resolve to not read only works by women/gays/left-handed redheaded stepchildren/[insert group du jour here]. I resolve to not read books based solely on the author’s gender/skin color/plumbing/ethnicity/mental illness/sociopolitical agenda, no matter how critically acclaimed the book/story/screed/ransom note is. OTOH, I may not read anything by any of these if some nag starts lecturing me on why I should based solely on the reasons listed above.
- I resolve to read what I want when I want and resolve to choose my reading material based solely on story.
I think that about covers it. Oh, wait, I left one thing out.
I resolve to try to be less cranky.
Sounds about right. I have always read to either be entertained or informed or both. Not to be preached to. I read the Bible for that.
Exactly. And I read the Bible through every year. I have a reading plan where I read a little OT and NT every day and read all the way through in a year.
My wife and I used to have bible time nightly for years but I went through a thing and stopped doing it for a bit while she continued. I’ve started again last year and I’m trying to get into the habit of doing it daily.
I read while having coffee in the morning before anyone else is up and making noise. Good luck with getting back in the habit.
Thanks!
You’re welcome.
That “be less cranky” part is a hard resolution to keep. Why endure the many slings and arrows of age if you can’t be cranky sometimes?
Yeah, I’m definitely feeling my age right now. Cranky sometimes is fine. I’m getting to be cranky all the time, though, and that’s not good.
Embrace your crankiness and make it work for you! You get cranky enough, and folks leave you alone so you can enjoy yourself in peace and quiet. Works for me! You’ve earned it by surviving this long.
The only problem with that is some students (or their parents) go to the dean if I get too cranky. 🙂